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Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror

by James Hynes

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Awards

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Notable Book

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year

Combining the wit of David Lodge with Poe's delicious sense of the macabre, these are three witty, spooky novellas of satire set in academia—a world where Derrida rules, love is a "complicated ideological position," and poetic justice is served with an ideological twist.

Review:

"Hynes must have struck a pact with the devil when he began writing these tales because their tone is perfect." Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio

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"Deliciously creepy novellas....Hynes's writing is diamond sharp, revealing his characters' souls as surely as a Judgment Day angel." Amy Waldman, People

Review:

"Riveting...exhilarating...a work of sheer joy." Cathleen Schine, The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"A perfect blend of dark comedy and the ghost story, reminiscent of the best of T. C. Boyle and the best of Poe." David Treuer, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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About the Author

James Hynes is the author of The Wild Colonial Boy and The Lecturer's Tale, and has received the Hopwood Award and a Michener Fellowship. He has taught at the University of Michigan, and his television criticism has appeared in Mother Jones and the Utne Reader. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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Table of Contents

Queen of the jungle — 99 — Casting the runes.

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LDP, November 21, 2009 (view all comments by LDP)
A total hoot, especially for anyone who has slogged through graduate school or who spends his/her days in the ivory tower. James Hynes has created a triptych of short stories that poke fun at academic culture while scaring the bejesus out of readers. Great fun!

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780312186968

Author:

Hynes, James

Publisher:

Picador USA

Author:

Hynes, James, Ma

Author:

Hynes, Jam

Author:

es

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Thrillers

Subject:

Short Stories (single author)

Subject:

College teachers

Subject:

Horror tales, American

Subject:

College stories, American.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

1998

Edition Number:

Reprint ed.

Edition Description:

Trade Paperback

Series Volume:

vol. 3

Publication Date:

June 1998

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

352

Dimensions:

8.5 x 5.5 x 0.785 in

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Product details 352 pages Picador USA - 0- English 9780312186968 Reviews:

"Review" by Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio, "Hynes must have struck a pact with the devil when he began writing these tales because their tone is perfect."

"Review" by Amy Waldman, People, "Deliciously creepy novellas....Hynes's writing is diamond sharp, revealing his characters' souls as surely as a Judgment Day angel."

"Review" by Cathleen Schine, The New York Times Book Review, "Riveting...exhilarating...a work of sheer joy."

"Review" by David Treuer, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "A perfect blend of dark comedy and the ghost story, reminiscent of the best of T. C. Boyle and the best of Poe."